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Coordinates: 22°06′N 79°42′W / 22.1°N 79.7°W / 22.1; -79.7
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Jarao Formation
Stratigraphic range: Santonian
~85.8–84.9 Ma
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TypeFormation
Lithology
PrimaryLimestone
OtherTuff
Location
Coordinates22°06′N 79°42′W / 22.1°N 79.7°W / 22.1; -79.7
Approximate paleocoordinates13°48′N 58°30′W / 13.8°N 58.5°W / 13.8; -58.5
RegionSancti Spíritus Province
Country Cuba
Type section
Named forEl Jarao
Jarao Formation is located in Cuba
Jarao Formation
Jarao Formation (Cuba)

The Jarao Formation is a geologic formation in Cuba. The dark-colored limestone intercalated with volcanic and tuffaceous formation preserves rudist fossils of Vaccinites inaequicostatus and dates back to the Santonian period.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ Jarao Formation at Fossilworks.org

Further reading

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  • R. Rojas, M. Iturralde Vinent, and P. W. Skelton. 1995. Stratigraphy, composition and age of Cuban rudist-bearing deposits. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas 12(2):272-291
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